Why using Excel Ignite

While Excel UDF is powerful, it requires detailed knowledge on scripting languages, such as VBA. To create VBA scripts to pull data from web APIs, the learning curve is even higher.

Excel Ignite tries to change that. Excel Ignite extends the UDF concept with Web APIs so that any Excel user can easily get data from any web services available, either on the Internet or in private networks. The program is designed to be extensible where it can connect to new APIs, using configuration files.

The setup program comes with an initial set of configuration files that are ready to be use: